![]() Insert your lights and the stopper thingie to hold them in place. Make note of where you want the hole to be! While the transfer tape is still on the blocks, rub over the vinyl to get it to adhere well to the glass. I use transfer tape to move them from the vinyl sheet to the glass block but this is not necessary. ![]() I go through this exercise twice to try and minimize the effect of the uneven spray.Īfter you’re done with the “frosting” portion of the project, cut out your vinyl letters. Don’t stress too much about it, you’re putting vinyl over it. That will assure you have clean lines, however… this is a terribly awkward angle and you’ll likely have drips and runs and it won’t adhere evenly. Shake your bottle well and then spray the INSIDE of your glass block. If etching isn’t your thing, that means you’re spraying. If you think you have enough, put another layer on. And when it says liberally apply, seriously slather it on. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links from Amazon and/or. Materials Needed for Lighted Glass Block. ![]() Wait until they are on sale or use a coupon also has them sometimes. I’d say leave it on there for an hour because after 30 minutes, I still wasn’t happy with mine. Hobby Lobby, AC Moore, and Michaels have a few different sizes. I will warn you, you’ll need to leave it on your block for way longer than they say. (You can get their video tutorial on their website though.) You’ll need to tape off your edges for a clean line. If you’re using Armour Etch, grab your readers because it’s the smallest print humanly possible and horrific to read. If you’re etching it, follow the general etching instructions on the bottle, with some modifications. I have explained this method in great detail here and here and here so I'm going to quickly go through it.Here’s how to make your DIY Glass Blocks: Now you're going to layer the two vinyl colors together using the registration marks. I ended up re-cutting just that piece with an offset and added it at the very end after the rest of the vinyl was already on the glass block. Note I lost the weight while weeding.the font was too thin. The dark gray and blue are both indoor/matte 631 from Expressions Vinyl.Īfter I cut and weeded this is what I ended up with. I prefer matte vinyl when I can use it so that's what I went with. You can really use indoor or outdoor vinyl. If not manually select all like color designs > right click > group. ![]() ![]() If you have Designer Edition, you can easily do this with the Select by Color tool. This gives you the chance to make adjustments before you cut and realized 'oh wait there are too many blue elements together.'Īfter you assign each element a color, group the like-color elements together. I think the best way to do this is the actually fill in the design elements in Silhouette Studio using the Fill Color and Line Color tools so you can 'see' what the finished design will look like. Once you have the design all ready you can do two things: delete the outer square and decide if you're going to cut on one or more colors of vinyl. Read the tutorial on creating polka dot shapes here. The two lines of polka dots were just straight lines that I changed into rhinestone designs and then spaced out so there was some distance between the dots. Read the in depth tutorial on turning vector images into cut-able files here. They're all free for commercial use too, so I could sell this same design as long as I changed up the fonts to ensure they were commercially available too. All of the graphics - the hat, mustache, and bow tie - are from a commercial friendly vector pack I purchased on Mighty Deals. ![]()
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